Landscaping debris collecting device

Abstract

A landscaping debris collecting device for gathering and moving quantities of landscaping debris comprising a right and left plate member, each having an inside and outside face. Each member plate has a rake end and a contoured end, the contoured end of which is secured inside the palm of one's hand by securely holding a grasping ridge that protrudes out of the outside face of the plate member with one's finger tips while the opposing thumb rests upon the inside face of the plate member. The right and left plate members are used to collect quantities of landscaping debris by bringing together the right and left plates with one's right and left hand and sandwiching together landscaping debris.

That which is claimed is: 
     
       1. A landscaping debris collecting device having a right and left plate member, each said right and left plate member comprising, in combination: a. a top contoured end, middle plate portion and a bottom rake end, said bottom rake end having a plurality of teeth extending downward from said bottom rake end;   b. an inside and outside face, said outside face having a grasping ridge secured to said middle plate portion such that fingers and an opposing thumb of a human hand can grasp said grasping ridge when said top contoured end rests in a palm of said human hand and said top contoured end is between said fingers extending along said outside face and said opposing thumb extending along said inside face.   
     
     
       2. A landscaping debris collecting device as claimed in claim 1 wherein said top contoured end comprises an extension of said middle plate portion curving inwardly toward said inside face, running lengthwise along said middle plate portion of said plate member. 
     
     
       3. A landscaping debris collecting device as claimed in claim 1 wherein said bottom rake end is angled slightly inward in the direction of said inside face. 
     
     
       4. A landscaping debris collecting device as claimed in claim 1 wherein said grasping ridge is centrally located on said outside face of said plate member and comprises: a. a grasping ridge lip located between 10 and 40 millimeters from said outside face of said middle plate portion of said plate member;   b. first and second grasping ridge edge further securing said grasping ridge and grasping ridge lip to said outside face of said middle portion of said plate member.   
     
     
       5. A landscaping debris collecting device as claimed in claim 1 wherein said right and left plate members are made of a rigid plastic material. 
     
     
       6. A landscaping debris collecting device having a right and left plate member, each said right and left plate member comprising, in combination: a. a top contoured end, middle plate portion and a bottom rake end, said bottom rake end having a plurality of teeth extending downward from said bottom rake end;   b. an inside and outside face, said outside face having a grasping ridge secured to said middle plate portion such that fingers and an opposing thumb of a human hand can grasp said grasping ridge when said top contoured end rests in a palm of said human hand and said top contoured end is between said fingers extending along said outside face and said opposing thumb extending along said inside face, said top contoured end further comprising an extension of said middle plate portion curving inwardly toward said inside face, running lengthwise along said middle plate portion of said plate member.   
     
     
       7. A landscaping debris collecting device as claimed in claim 6 wherein said bottom rake end is angled slightly inward in the direction of said inside face. 
     
     
       8. A landscaping debris collecting device as claimed in claim 7 wherein said grasping ridge is centrally located on said outside face of said plate member and comprises: a. a grasping ridge lip located between 10 and 40 millimeters from said outside face of said middle plate portion of said plate member;   b. first and second grasping ridge edge further securing said grasping ridge and grasping ridge lip to said outside face of said middle portion of said plate member.   
     
     
       9. A landscaping debris collecting device as claimed in claim 7 wherein said right and left plate members are made of a rigid plastic material.